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portion, and minor detailsol construction may be resorted to without dyparting from the spirit or sacrilicing' any ol the advantages ol theinvei'ition.

Having' tlnis describei'l my invention, what I claim as new, and desire,to secure. by Letters Patent. is

l. 'ihe combination with men'ibers to be connrafied having' abuttedlaces and a recess toi-med betwtan'i them, ot a dowei for connecting themembers, said dowel comprising oppositelyextending eve-sectionsoverlapped and locatci'l in the recess, and a key that de tachaljilypasses through the eyes of said sections and is also located in therecess.

2. 'ihe combination with members to be een nected having' abutted lacesand an inclosed rec\ss lormed between them, ot' a dowel conneca'igf themembers, said dowel comprising' op'pcsitely-exteniling' overlapping'registering' eyes carried by the members and lo fated in the recess, anda tapered key passing' through the eyes :md of less thickness than theopenings in said eyes.

I3. 'l'bt combinatitm with members to be connected having' abutted facesand an inclosed recess termed between them, ot' a dowel connecting' themembers, said dowel comprising' oppositely-extemling' (.nerlapping'registering' eyes carried by the members and located in the recess, anda serrer-key threaded through they eyes and housed in the recess.

All. A dowei.l comprisingl overlapl'sing' eyesections and a taperedsci'mv-key that passes through the eyes ol said sections.

` In a structure of the class described, the combination with a base, ofa monument restingl thereon, and means for securing' the same together,said means com pi sing' oppositelyextending' shanks secured respectivelyto the base and inonument and havingl overlapping,`

eyes arranged side byside, and a key passing' through the eyes. Y

(i. In a structure ol the class described, the combim'ition with thelmembers to be coupled, said members resting' one against the other andhaving' a recess` formed between them, of spaced eye-sections carried byoneI member and locatei'l in the recess, an eye-section carried by theother member and located between the spaced eyesections, and a taperedkey passing' through the eyes ot said sections.

7. Yin a structure ol the class described, the combination with themembers to be coupled, of spaced eye-sections each formed ol a wire andcomprising' a twisted shank and a terminal eye, said shanks being'secured in one oi' the members, another eye-section secured to the othermember and comprising' a twisted shank with a terminal eye, the terminaleye of said latter section being' located between the eyes of thefirst-mentioned section, and a tapered screwskey passing' through theeyes.

S. in a structure ol the class describei'l, the combination with themembers to be coupled, said members having' abutting' faces and beingprovided with recesses in said abuttingl Alaces, one of the membersbeing lurtliermore provided with a channel disposed transversely ot' therecesses, ot shanks located in the recesses and having overlapping' eyesalined with the channel, retaining' material lilling` the recesses andengaging' the shanks, and a tai'iered screwkey disposed longitudinallyin the channel and passing' through the overlapping eyes.

In testimony that i claim the Yforegi)ing as my own l have heretoai'lixed my sig'natu re in the presence oll two witnesses.

CHARLES L. \VESI`.

fitnesscsz J. C. SiniMoNs, Ji. F. Asmsr.

